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Lot 434
A patinated metal model of a huntress, of recent manufacture, loosely in the classical taste, portrayed standing and nude but for her helmet and the hide of a stag across her thigh, the beast’s head slung over her right arm, a hunting horn at her left side, her left foot resting on an upturned barrel on the square section base, with variegated black marble socle, 70cm high
Lot 528
Two bound volumes of photographs and ephemera relating to the Leonard family of Cheltenham to include invitations from The Maharajah and Governor of India, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Presentation of Regimental Colours, Madras, menu cards, various newspaper cuttings and family snapshots, together with sporting and hunting photographs, India, circa 1950`s
Lot 226
A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PORCELAIN INCLUDING A GARIBALDI `THE ITALIAN PATRIOT JUG`, COALPORT HUNTING SCENE GREEDY CUP AND SAUCER, ADAMS GREEDY CUP AND SAUCER DEPICTING FIGHTING COCKERELS AND TWO STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURINES ONE OF A GENTLEMAN WITH HIS DOG AND THE OTHER WITH A LADY AND AN EXOTIC BIRD. (5)
Lot 59
A CAUCASIAN DAGGER (KINDJAL) AND TWO CONTINENTAL HUNTING KNIVES, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with double-edged fullered blade, and horn hilt of characteristic form bound with nielloed silver and beadwork; the second with German blade, banded white metal hilt cast with scrolls and flowers, in its scabbard; the third with etched folding blade decorated with scrolling foliage inhabited by a bird and a stag and inscribed `Toledo` and steel-bound staghorn grips the first: 50cm; 19 3/4in (3)
Lot 105
A RUSSIAN HUNTING SWORD AND FOUR SOCKET BAYONETS, 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering fullered single-edged blade, white metal hilt cast in low relief, comprising down-turned shell-guard decorated with scrolls enclosing the crowned double eagle in the centre, quillon formed as a deer`s foot, knuckle-guard and horn grip-scales, in its scabbard; the second by Wooley; the third dated 1865, in its scabbard; the fourth dated 1853, and the fifth retaining its locking ring the first: 46.5cm; 18 3/8in blade (5)
Lot 115
A FINE AND RARE ENGLISH RAPIER WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, CIRCA 1620 with straight tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, cut with a short fuller on each face, one with a running wolf and a cross mark, each retaining a small portion of latten inlay, rectangular ricasso stamped with a castle mark on each face, steel hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising a pair of vertically-recurved quillons swelling towards the terminals and with delicate bud-shaped finials, écusson, outer ring-guard swelling in the centre, knuckle-guard en suite with the ring, thumb-loop and large globular pommel, the outer face of the bars encrusted with silver cherubic masks with feathered crowns, scrolling leafy tendrils, ball flowers and fruit all within beadwork frames, the pommel with a central matching mask on each side framed by bold leaves on a ground of scrolling tendrils, the inner face sewn with pellets and further tendrils (the silver rubbed and with minor losses), the thumb-loop plain, and wooden grip retaining an early binding of plaited silver wire and ribband and `Turks` heads` 95.8cm; 37 3/4in bladeProvenance Christie`s, King Street, 22nd July 1992, Lot 39The decoration of this hilt is almost certainly by the same hand as a sword sold in these rooms, 12th December 2007, lot 285. The use of cherub masks with feathered crowns is particularly unusual. Both are related to a rapier in the Wallace Collection, inv. no. A596. The Wallace rapier originated from William Meyrick and was described in the 1861 catalogue as `hilt and pommel....stated to have been recently dug up at Saffron Walden;....A suitable blade...has been added...`. The quality of both the decoration and the hilt itself would suggest that both originate from a Royal London workshop, such as that of Nathaniel Matthewe (recorded 1584-1641). Matthewe is mentioned in the Great Wardrobe accounts in the early 17th Century where it appears that he was required to supply swords for specific occasions such as for the enrolment of a Knight of the Bath and the installation of a Garter Knight. On 28th September 1614 he is recorded supplying `....a hunting weapon with a knife....set with cherubs` heads of silver, the whole damascened with gold embossed and chased, the grip of large silver wire gilded.....`. See A. V. B. Norman 1986, p. 138 and L. Southwick 2001, pp. 178-179. Three hilts of this group are currently on exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London: The Noble art of the Sword, Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe, circa 1520-1630, cat. nos. 3.09, 3.10, 3.11.
Lot 149
THE HUNTING SWORD OF PETER HINRICH FUHRMAN (1714-1773), VINTNER TO THE SWEDISH ROYAL COURT with curved single-edged blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a very slender fuller along the back-edge, etched and gilt with a vertical arrangement of trophies and figures, the back-edge with a gilt criss-cross pattern, inscribed with the owner`s name on one face of the forte (a small area above erased) and `Vive La Bon Cause` on the other, gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, comprising small shell-guard decorated with a stag set upon by a hound, a pair of straight quillons, knuckle-guard, cap pommel and natural staghorn grip (one retaining rivet missing) 53.5cm; 21in bladePeter Hinrich Fuhrman (1714-1773) lived at Svartmangatan 22 in the Old Town of Stockholm. He is recorded as supplying wine to the Royal Court and as the owner of a tavern at Svartmangatan 20.The area at the forte above the owner`s name might have carried a portrait of Gustav III that was erased after his assassination in 1792.
Lot 150
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED HUNTING SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1746 with straight blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long central fuller and a further slender fuller on each face, silver hilt (marks indistinct), cast and chased in low relief, comprising down-curved shell-guard formed as a wildman mask issuant with rococo scalloped shells and scrolls, quillon formed as a further mask, quillon-block chiselled with a grotesque on each side, knuckle-guard interrupted by a scalloped moulding and an espagnolette mask on each side (minor repair at the top), cap pommel en suite with the quillon-block, and the grip formed of contrasting panels of dark and light horn 63.5cm; 25in blade
Lot 151
A CONTINENTAL HUNTING PLUG BAYONET, 18TH CENTURY with broad tapering double-edged blade, moulded steel hilt comprising a pair of short `bow tie` quillons, down-turned scalloped shell-guard, and tapering horn grip with bulbous base inset with brass nails and horn rondels (pommel cap missing) 32.3cm; 12 3/4in
Lot 152
A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point, engraved with bold sprays of foliage on each face and with further patterns along the back-edge, brass hilt comprising ring-guard, a pair of moulded quillons with globular terminals, brass back-strap, and shaped wooden grips in the Turkish fashion retained by three pairs of brass-capped rivets 45cm; 17 3/4in blade
Lot 186
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, PARIS CHARGE AND DISCHARGE FOR 1738-44 with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, etched and gilt with scrolls, trophies and an allegorical figure on a blued panel over the forte, silver hilt cast and chased with rococo ornament in low relief (minor repairs), including double shell-guard decorated with differing scenes including putti within scrollwork frames, quillon with globular terminal, quillon-block decorated with a cupid, knuckle-guard, globular pommel and solid grip decorated with trophies-of-arms and hunting, putti and scrolls en rocialle 80.5cm; 31 3/4in blade
Lot 187
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with earlier tapering blade formed with a medial ridge, etched with scrolls of foliage, flowers, the maker`s name (worn) and the inscription `a la tour d`argent sur le...` and `Bouttitart Fourbisseuer Ordinaire...` (rubbed, partly obscured), silver-plated brass hilt cast and chased with trophies-of-hunting, scrolls and foliage on a punched ground, comprising double shell-guard, globular quillon, a pair of arms, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and globular pommel divided vertically into a series of panels, and solid grip decorated en suite 70.5cm; 27 3/4in blade
Lot 190
AN EAST EUROPEAN SHORT HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1780 with broad curved blade double-edged towards the point, inlaid with a brief gold inscription at the forte (small losses), silver hilt cast and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising a pair of vertically-recurved quillons with scalloped terminals, horn grip-scales shaped in the Turkish manner retained by three pairs of rivets with silver foliate heads, in its original fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket and chape each chased with rococo scrolls and scalloped design (the seam opening) 38.5cm; 15 1/4in blade
Lot 191
A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, engraved at the forte with a hand clasping a falchion, a portrait profile and inscriptions including the date `Anno 1679`, `Solideo Gloria` and `Pro Aris et Focis` (light pitting), brass hilt cast in low relief, comprising shell-guard decorated with a pair of hounds in combat with a bear, globular quillon formed as a hound`s head, knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding comrpising a female demi-figure engulfed by a hound`s head, cap pommel and green-stained horn grip 62cm; 24 1/2in blade
Lot 193
A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, PARIS MARKS FOR 1771, PROBABLY FOR A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL HUNTING PARTY OF LOUIS XVI (1774-91) with curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long broad shallow fuller, with a series of decorative recesses along the back-edge, and further recessed panels arranged as a cross at the forte on each face, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising a pair of short quillons with tightly scrolling finials, a bearded mask crowned with a wreath forming the langets, stamped with the qa mark, perhaps the maker, a pair of pellets divided by a sword, the letters LJ beneath, ivory grip carved with a rondel filled with the conjoined letters `L` on one side and the Classical profile of Louis XVI on the other, inset with six slender engraved silver panels (repairs) and a further band around its border, in its original fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket chased and engraved with garlands and classical trophies 54cm; 21 1/4in blade
Lot 194
AN ENGLISH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HUNTING HANGAR, MID-17TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with the latten-lined bladesmith`s mark, a compass, on each side (some inlay missing), steel hilt comprising down-curved quillon with flattened globular finial, down-curved shell-guard pierced on each side, flattened knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding en suite with the quillon, characteristic cap pommel joined to the knuckle-guard by a scroll, decorated over its entire surface with beadwork panels filled with silver pellets, and with its original grip of woven silver ribband with a collar at the base en suite with the pommel (heavily patinated throughout, rubbed) 56cm; 22in blade
Lot 195
A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1770 with curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long broad fuller on each face, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief (rubbed, marks indistinct), comprising a pair of short scrolling quillons with moulded borders, bear head pommel decorated in the round, carved ivory grip applied with an engraved silver panel on each side (small losses), and knuckle-chain, in its silver-mounted leather scabbard 55.5cm; 21 7/8in blade
Lot 339
ASSORTED ITEMS TO THE ROYAL SCOTS a rope-tensioned brass tenor drum, complete with both skins, painted with the blazon of 4th/5th Battalion, the title scroll inscribed 4TH/5TH BN THE ROYAL SCOTS (QUEEN`S EDINBURGH) and displaying battle honours to PALESTINE 1917 -18 (paintwork of the blazon defective); a pipe-banner of Hunting Stewart tartan with black tasselled edging, both sides bearing an appliqué blue silk shield embroidered with the regimental badge, between two scrolls inscribed THE ROYAL SCOTS and THE ROYAL REGIMENT; a Piper`s white horsehair sporran with two black tassels in thistle-embossed sockets, black leather cantle with silver plated edging, mounted with cast white metal badge of St Andrew, flanked by thistle sprays, above the regimental title; another horsehair sporran with black tassels in plain sockets, the nickel-plated cantle with a cartouche between embossed thistle sprays (badge now missing from cartouche) and an Aynsley china ashtray with silver rim (hallmarks illegible), painted with the regimental badge (5)
Lot 344
AN OFFICER`S FULL DRESS DOUBLET OF THE ROYAL SCOTS POST 1902 with maker`s label of Meyer & Mortimer, 36 Conduit St, London, inscribed to JCH Grant Esq, now with Major`s KC badges of rank, together with a gold-laced waist- belt, a buff leather baldric, complete with sword-slings but lacking plate; a crimson silk shoulder-sash, and a good pair of strapped trews of Hunting Stewart tartan (5)
Lot 351
OFFICERS` UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS a Full Dress doublet with Lieutenant`s badges of rank; a similar doublet with Captain`s badges of rank (tailor`s label and owner`s details now illegible, now with 9 gilt buttons on cuffs and skirts replaced by silver-plated ones); a rare scarlet frock by Bartels & Co, 8 Hanover St, London, named to E.F. Perrin Esq, 3rd Royal Scots, with blue collar and scarlet Russia braid loops to cuffs and side pocket-flaps, shoulder-straps bearing gilt star and initial M (collar-badges removed, two large buttons missing from front); and a Major`s khaki Service Dress doublet by Wm Anderson & Sons, tailor`s label named to Capt D. Greig, April 1948, with bronze buttons, collar-badges and badges of rank, four medal ribbons, with MiD oakleaf emblem to War Medal and GSM; a pair of strapped trews in Hunting Stewart tartan, by Marshall & Aitken, Edinburgh, and named to Col Sir JM Clark (?); and an officer`s waistbelt of an auxiliary battalion, with white metal waistplate (6)
Lot 431
A RARE GERMAN COMBINED HUNTING SWORD AND FLINTLOCK PISTOL, CIRCA 1750 with fullered blade double-edged towards the point, the outer face fitted with a two-stage barrel at the forte, down-turned scalloped shell-guard, knuckle-guard with central moulding, scalloped cap pommel, and wooden grip incorporating the action (patinated throughout) 59.3cm; 23 3/8in blade
Lot 468
A FINE 38-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED RAGUIN A FKL, CIRCA 1725 with heavy swamped octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with brass fore-sight, and engraved blued three-leaf back-sight, engraved breech decorated with panels of scrolling foliage inhabited by animals on a hatched ground and cut with decorative bands at the rear, plain tang, signed flat bevelled lock engraved with reclining Classical figures, scrollwork, and trophies-of-arms, blued pan, steel-spring, top-jaw and top-jaw screw, double set trigger, moulded figured walnut full stock, carved with foliage in low relief about the rear ramrod-pipe, the tang and the mounts, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece with a monsterhead scroll on the left and patchbox with sliding fluted cover on the right, inlaid with silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets over the grip (small losses), cast and chiselled brass mounts, decorated in the French taste with trophies-of-hunting, including sideplate decorated with a boar, circular silver escutcheon chased with a profile bust of an armoured man, the flat of the butt-plate engraved `No: 19` and with a man smoking a pipe, blued-steel sling swivels, engraved brass fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved brass tip 84.8cm; 33 1/8in barrelProvenance Jagdschloß KranichsteinW.Keith Neal, sold Christie`s King Street, 9th November 2000, lot 137
Lot 491
A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, DATED 1652 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel signed in stamped miniscules `Georg Kalb`, dated 1652 and inscribed with the early inventory number `No.87`, plain lock with pierced low wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover and pierced engraved dog, fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved horn plaques and ball-flower tendrils within horn segmental lines over its entire length, including scenes from the chase over the fore-end and patch-box cover, a bear-hunting scene on the cheek-piece, a rustic figure squatting behind the trigger-guard, and a small plaque behind the barrel tang dated 1659 and inscribed with the stockmaker`s initials ` HA.S`, with a horn plaque fitted over the ramrod aperture engraved with a squirrel eating fruit from a basket, plain horn butt-plate, engraved steel trigger-guard, engraved horn fore-end cap, set trigger, and horn-tipped ramrod 55.3cm; 21 3/4 in barrel
Lot 492
A 32 BORE AUSTRIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1730 with blued swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with six grooves, signed `J.B.` over the breech and incised with a band of simple foliage, the tang pierced for a later peep-sight, engraved flat lock decorated with a stag hunting scene, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and dog decorated en suite with the lock plate (cleaned), double-set trigger, figured walnut full stock, moulded over the fore-end, carved with rococo scrolls about the tang and beneath the lock, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece inlaid at the base with contrasting panels of horn, and patchbox with sliding cover decorated en suite, gilt-brass mounts comprising solid side-plate engraved with a reclining huntress next to an enclosure, trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, trigger-plate butt-plate engraved with scrolls, recessed thumb-plate, three scroll-engraved ramrod-pipes, and fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 75cm; 29 1/2in barrels
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